“Your vote will affect the future and be recorded in eternity,” the former presidential candidate intones. “Will you vote the values that will stand the test of fire? This is Mike Huckabee asking you to join me November the 6th and vote based on values that will stand the test of fire.”

In the clip, which runs just over two minutes and is connected to the organization Value Voters USA, Huckabee references a series of issues, including marriage, abortion and contraception mandates, to emphasize that this is a high-stakes election. Though Huckabee has endorsed GOP nominee Mitt Romney, he doesn’t mention candidates by name in the clip.

“Although I clearly have a point of view and a preference for a candidate, this was about asking people to think for themselves,” he told POLITICO in an email.

He calls on “Christians across the nation” to “shape the future for our generation and generations to come,” and to follow the example set by “generations past,” who have stood up for the “sacred rites and duties” of the church.

“Many issues are at stake, but some issues are not negotiable,” he said, as dramatic music swells. “The right to life from conception to natural death. Marriage should be reinforced, not redefined. It is an egregious violation of our cherished principle of religious liberty for the government to force the church to buy the kind of insurance that leads to the taking of innocent human life.”